Vapor medicating apparatus



H. B. THOMPSON. VAPOR MEDICATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 192:.

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VA POR MEDICATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 192i.

1,416,244. Patented May 1 ,1922,

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HENRY B. THOIVEPfiON, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNQR 013 ONE-THIRD T0 KENNA D. THOMPSON AND QNE-TI-IIRD T0 J'OI-IN FITZSIIVZIVEONS, BOTH OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

VAPOR IvIE'DICATING APPARATUS.

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To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. THOMP- soN, America, and resident of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of, Texas, have invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Vapor Medicating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for treating patients and particularly to a device for producing gas to be inhaled during the treatment for the cure of tuberculosis; the said invention having for its object the provision of novel means for producing a medicated vaporassociated with means whereby the patient may inhale the vapor directly from the apparatus, the said device having means for purifying smoke or the products of combustion in its travel from a combustion chamber to exit pipes where it may be used.

A. further object of this invention is to produce an inhaling gas for the treatment of diseases of the air passages of a patient and the deliveryof pure, harmless, chemicalized gas vapor, the said vapor being delivered in a comparatively cool and moist state.

A still further object of this invention is to produce an apparatus in which carbon dioxide, accompanying raw smoke and produced in connection with heating of the chemicals, is removed from the smoke in order that a pure vapor may be produced; and furthermore, it is an object of this invention to produce an apparatus of the character indicated which will possess advantages in points of simplicity and efficiency.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts'to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application where in like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which.-

Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of an apparatus embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a vertical sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates sectional View 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

a citizen of the United States of Patented May 16, 192-2.

Application filed February 16, 1921. Serial No. 445,515.

the apparatus on a line corresponding with i the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In these drawings, 10 denotes a sectional flue pipe which extends above as well as downwardly into a casing 11, there being a collar flue pipe 12 as a connection between certain of the sections of the flue pipe 10. The casing bases its top an inhalant tube 13 anda mouth piece 14 adapted to be inserted 1n the tube 13, it being understood that the mouth pieces are removable for the purpose of having the different patients use their individual mouth pieces. The casing 11 has a removable top section 15 through which the inhalant tube communicates and through which one of the sections of the flue pipe projects. The removable upper section 15 is supplied with a permanently attached wire mesh disk 16 and a removablv secured wire mesh disk 17, the latter of which is in spaced relation and below the former in order that it may be removed from the larger end of the upper section of the casing. The space between the disks 16 and 17 is occupied by wet sponges 18, and the section of the flue pipe 10 within the upper section, 15 is provided with a collar with relation to which the disks 16 and 17 are assembled. The upper section of the casing 15 telescopes over the upper end of the casing 11 so that access to the interior of thecasinc' may be had for applying or removing the elements which occupy the interior of the casing.

At a point a suitable height within the casing 11, there is stationed an apertured partition 19 of irregular contour in that its peripheral flange is supported in any suitable manner, whereas the body portion extends upwardly and tapers to form an in clined side wall, whereas the top wall is approximately horizontal and the whole partition is intended as a support fora chemicalized substance 20 through which smoke is circulated, as will presently appear. The

purpose of having the partition perforatedand provided with the converging wall is to direct the smoke towar he center and to prevent the sifting of the untreated smoke through the joint along the edge of the said partition.

The casing has an opening closed by a screw cap 21 in order that access may be had to the interior of the casing for supplying Water to the pans 22 which are located below the partition 19. The water pans have tubes 23 projecting through their bottoms and extending upwardly therein and these tubes communicate with a combustion chamber 24: at the bottom of the casing. The pans 22 contain water which is evaporated or vaporized, due to the heat of the smoke passing through the pipes 23 and hence the vapor rises and passes through the apertures of the partition 19 and through the chemicalized substance 20, as will presently appear. The water pans have converging sides which tend to prevent the sloshing over of water which they may contain. The pans 22 rest on the upper wall of the fire box and the tubes 23 extend therethrough. The fire box has a perforated disk grate 25, a fire box blast 26 and a door 27 by which the entrance of air for supporting combustion may be controlled.

The flue pipe 10 may have a cap or draft regulator 28 which is removably applied to its upper end, and provision may be made at the oints of the pipe 10, as stated, for preventing smoke from entering the apparatus after it has entered the flue pipe.

In operation, any suitable fuel substance is ignited in the combustion chamber 24 and the products of combustion therefrom pass up through the pipes 23 of which there will be preferably four installed in each apparatus, and from thence the products of combustion circulate through the apertures of the partition and the chemicalized substance and then through the sponge filled partition 18 where the chemicalized vapor is filtered and cooled prior to its being delivered to the inhalant tube. The pans 22 preferably contain chemicalized water which is vaporized and this vaporization aids in cooling the smoke in its passage through the chemicalized substance, and hence the smoke and vapor commingle and produce a chemicalized vapor having medicinal qualities accordingto the nature of the chemicalized.

substance 20.

I claim:

1. In a vapor medicating apparatus, a cas ing having a combustion chamberwith pipes extending therefrom, pans through the bottom of which the pipes project and discharge, a perforated partition above the pans, said partition having a converging wall, a chemicalized substance above the partition, Wire mesh disks in spaced relation to each other above the chemicalized substance, a vapor filtering agent between the said disks, an inhalant tube in communication. with the top of the casing, and a flue pipe extending through the top of the casing, the chemicalized substance, the partition and the pan supports, the said flue pipe being in communication with the c0mbus tion chamber.

2. In a vapor medicating apparatus, a casing having a combustion chamber with pipes extending therefrom, pans through the bottom of which the pipes project and discharge, a perforated partition above the pans, said partition having a converging wall, a chemicalized substance above the partition, wire mesh disks in spaced relation to each other above the chemicalizcd substance, vapor filtering agent between the said disks, an inhalant tube in communication with the top of the casing, a flue pipe extending through the top of the casing, the cheinicalized substance, the partition and the pan supports, the said flue pipe being in communication with the combustion cham her, and means associated with the combustion chamber for regulating the draft through the combustion chamber.

3. In a vapor medicating apparatus, a casing having a combustion chamber with pipes extending therefrom, pans through the bottom of whichthe pipes project and discharge, a perforated partition above the pans, said partition having a converging wall, a chemicalized substance above the partition, wire mesh disks in spaced relation to each other above the chemicalized substance, a vapor filtering agent between the said disks, an, inhalant tube in communication with the top of the casing, a flue pipe extending through the top of the casing, the chemicalized substance, the partition and the pan supports, the said flue pipe being in communication with the combustion chamber, means associated with the combustion chamber for regulating the draft through the combustion chamber, and a cap on the flue pipe for regulating the draft.

4. In a vapor medicating apparatus, a casing having a combustion chamber and a partition thereabove, tubes extending vertically therethrou gh, pans having converging sides through the bottoms of which the tubes project and discharge, a partition having a flange supported in the casing and a perfoated tapered wall, a chemicalized substance supported by the partition, disks supported in spaced relation to each other in the casing above the chemicalized substance and having means for the circulation of air therethrough, a filtering agent between the said disks, an inhalant tube in communication with the casing above the disks, and a flue pipe extending through the top of the easing and through the casing to the combustion chamber.

" HENRY B. rnonrsou. 

